Nima Golsharifi

From atoms to arguments. Engineer, inventor and author. Scroll through his work from the scale of a galaxy down to a single carbon bond.

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Gravity doesn't vote

The largest scale holds the journal on public questions and the forthcoming book: rules that apply to everyone.

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  1. 1021 mGravity doesn't vote — The largest scale holds the journal on public questions and the forthcoming book: rules that apply to everyone.
  2. 107 mPublic life — Talks, interviews and the press room. Every appearance is listed with its date, role and source.
  3. 100 mNima Golsharifi — Engineer, inventor and author of Dreamscape Code.
  4. 10−1 mBuilt by hand first — MEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton. Inventions live at this scale.
  5. 10−3 mPhD, UCL — Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London: carbon nano-onions for supercapacitors.
  6. 10−8 mSoftware, built hands-on — Privacy networks, apps, an AI film studio and finance infrastructure: 19,454 commits under his own account.
  7. 10−10 mWhere it starts — MSc in Nanotechnology at UCL. Carbon arranged atom by atom, the subject of the patent filings.
Dreamscape Code book cover

New novel · Tingle Press

Dreamscape Code

Six months ago Tom walked into a storm and never came back. Kate, a nurse, follows him into the worlds we enter in sleep, to the In-Between Hotel that guards them all.

Software

Still writing the code

Go, TypeScript, Dart

OrbVPN network

The network core behind the OrbVPN apps, and OrbMesh, a post-quantum obfuscation server that disguises VPN traffic to get through censorship.

3,039 commits

Dart, TypeScript

Viral

A social app for iOS and Android, and its companion TV app.

1,453 commits

Go

Tingle Studio

Book or script in, finished film out: an AI film production platform built by Tingle Press, the publisher of Dreamscape Code.

191 commits

Go

Optitor custody engine

Self-hosted digital-asset custody using distributed multi-party computation signing: no single key ever exists in one place.

260 commits

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Work with Nima

Strategy sessions, advisory, software builds and speaking. Every enquiry gets a reply within two working days.

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